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Public Sector Decentralization: Measurement Concepts and Recent International Trends
Stegarescu, Dan - 2004
This paper deals with the problems encountered in defining and measuring the degree of fiscal decentralization. Drawing … on a recent analytical framework of the OECD, different measures of fiscal autonomy and revenue decentralization are …-making competencies in the course of time, new time series of annual data on the degree of fiscal decentralization are provided for 23 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297396
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Public Sector Decentralization: Measurement Concepts and Recent International Trends
Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper deals with the problems encountered in defining and measuring the degree of fiscal decentralization. Drawing … on a recent analytical framework of the OECD, different measures of fiscal autonomy and revenue decentralization are …-making competencies in the course of time, new time series of annual data on the degree of fiscal decentralization are provided for 23 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097757
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Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Government Decentralization
Stegarescu, Dan - 2005
-national differences in the degree of fiscal decentralization. Accounting for taxing powers of subnational governments, the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297446
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Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries
Stegarescu, Dan - 2004
decentralization in OECD countries. Based on a theoretical framework, the empirical panel analysis relates the degree of public sector … decentralization to economic and European integration, controlling for inter-regional heterogeneity, economies of scale, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297409
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How can a country 'graduate' from procyclical fiscal policy? Evidence from China
Fuest, Clemens; Xing, Jing - 2015
In this study, we analyze the cyclicality of fiscal policies in China during the period 1978-2013. We find that the cyclicality of local government spending in China significantly affects the cyclicality of total government spending. By employing both time-series and province-level panel data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335668
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Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Government Decentralization
Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
-national differences in the degree of fiscal decentralization. Accounting for taxing powers of subnational governments, the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098202
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Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries
Stegarescu, Dan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
decentralization in OECD countries. Based on a theoretical framework, the empirical panel analysis relates the degree of public sector … decentralization to economic and European integration, controlling for inter-regional heterogeneity, economies of scale, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097953
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Centralizing Tendencies in the Public Sector in Germany
Stegarescu, Dan - 2005
clear evidence for a causal relationship between economic and European integration and fiscal decentralization in the case …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297454
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Favoritism by the governing elite
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2023
In this paper, we study the extent to which ministers engage in regional favoritism. We are the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of a larger set of the governing elite, not just focusing on the primary leader. We hand-collect birthplaces of this governing elite globally. Combining this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446337
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Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle: Evidence from Israel
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Blesse, Sebastian; Brender, Adi; … - 2015
This paper examines whether revenue decentralization and direct external financial supervision affect the incidence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301339